姑息养奸
gū​xī​yǎng​jiān

coddling evil

  • created sense approved 姑息养奸/姑息養奸 · gū​xī​yǎng​jiān · coddling evil

    姑息养奸 / 姑息養奸

    gū​xī​yǎng​jiān

    coddling evil

    to tolerate and nurture evildoers (idiom); to encourage wrongdoing through over-indulgence

    我们绝不能对这种贪污腐败的行为姑息养奸。

    idiom

    created sense